Remember bigwheels? You need/your pledge needed NOW.

by JFS_PGH on Oct 20, 2011 9:22 AM EDT

I had an original BigWheel(TM) which I loved as much as anyone could love anything with wheels. I want one of these. It's on kickstarter. They need to get another ~20K in pledges by midnight tomorrow. $649 gets you one, domestic shipping included.

There are plenty of three wheelers of various sorts out there, but this is from the Big Wheel crazies--the purists--the people who are to Big Wheel(er)s what PdC is to cycling, and then some.

Is this fanpost worthy? Well, it's off season--hello stringbike post. There's no time to spare. My (and maybe your) entry drug to cycling needs the love and the money. And you (c'mon) know (c'mon) that you (c'mon) want one (do it, do it, do it).

Comes with tassels, bell, and replacable & recylable rear wheels that last for over 200 miles worth of craziness and power slides.

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Woo-hoo!

If I had $649 to throw away…I would totally consider entertaing the idea of thinking about this.

by swells on Oct 20, 2011 1:09 PM EDT reply actions

I remember Big Wheels

I remember being poor and still being able to afford one too. Obvy those days are gone.

"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton

by sminer on Oct 20, 2011 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

I bought a big wheel for my nephew a couple years ago...was a throw-back model (same type we all had).

$649 is way too rich for me…

by JustJoshinYa on Oct 20, 2011 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions

If you still weight 40 lbs,

you can still ride a cheap one.

These things are engineered for adults up to clydesdale.

"It is unfortunate that the Wall is not plugged in correctly."

by JFS_PGH on Oct 20, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

My 2yr old is 99th percentile, already close to the 40lb mark

He’ll be driving my car by next spring I would guess

"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton

by sminer on Oct 21, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

$649!!!! Bullshit

The Manufacturing Unit cost on this should easily be sub-$100 USD.

Their Minimum Order quantity is 300 units; which is also either bullshit, or they have done a horrible job at setting up a supplychain for this product.

JFS – ‘Engineered for Adults’ (!) – It’s got plastic rear wheels, which will not last long when 200lbs of powersliding starts happening.

Serioulsy, which this is a cool idea, it is just not that difficult to do and it does not require 80K to do it.
I would not give money to this in this ‘start-up’.

What would Deming do? (+8:00 GMT)

by Ryan_Liles on Oct 21, 2011 12:08 AM EDT reply actions